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SEOUL, March 6 (Reuters) – The United states deployed a B-52 bomber for a joint drill with its ally South Korea on Monday, in a show of force against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, South Korea’s defence ministry said. B-52 bombers are capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
JAKARTA, Dec 13 (Reuters) – South Korea, Japan and the United States will coordinate sanctions and close gaps in the international sanctions regime against North Korea, Seoul’s envoy for North Korea said on Tuesday. Kim Gunn, South Korea’s Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, said at a meeting with his U.S. and […]
SEOUL, Oct 1 (Reuters) – The United States and South Korea agreed on Saturday to implement liquidity facilities to stabilise financial markets if needed, Korea’s finance ministry said after a teleconference between finance chiefs of the two countries. The won is near its lowest level since March 2009, and has weakened 17% against the surging […]
SEOUL, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The naval forces of South Korea, the United States and Japan will stage their major trilateral anti-submarine exercises for the first time in five years on Friday, amid tension over North Korea’s recent series of missile tests. The
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as she holds a bilateral meeting with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (not pictured) in Tokyo, Japan, September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Pool Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegister TOKYO/SEOUL, Sept 27 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told South Korea’s prime minister on Tuesday . . […]
U.S. President Joe Biden has an ice cream as he greets the US troops during his visit to the Air Operations Center at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegister SEOUL, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Tensions over Taiwan have raised the thorny […]
SEOUL, July 25 (Reuters) – U.S. Army Apache attack helicopters based in South Korea are holding live-fire drills with rockets and guns for the first time since 2019, as the allies step up military exercises amid tension with North Korea. Training resumed at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex just south of the heavily fortified Demilitarised […]
SEOUL, July 14 (Reuters) – South Korea said on Thursday it is discussing with the United States ways to strengthen cooperation on chip-making, according to the presidential office. “The U.S. emphasised several times the importance of partnership in the chip sector in its supply chain review report in June last year,” a presidential official said.
SEOUL, July 12 (Reuters) – South Korea is beefing up security for high-profile figures in light of the assassination of Japan’s former premier Shinzo Abe, officials said on Tuesday, including for an LGBTQ pride parade that the new U.S. ambassador is expected to attend this weekend. Small groups of protesters demonstrated outside the U.S. embassy […]
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